Monday, 25 May 2015

This blanket is getting so heavy that I'm going to have to stop. It does what it is required to do and that is to act as a cover to a settee.

The odds and ends of wool have crocheted up into a mass of rainbow stripes.

All the odd 4 ply, DK, Chunky and goodness knows what has been eaten up in a a stripy bonanza of colour. The stitch is blanket weave, the hook a size 10 and the number of strands varied from 2 (chunky wonky) to 4 (too thin to be of much use on their own).

I thought my stash was well and truly busted. I did, I really did until …

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I bought 4 large bags of assorted wool from the CB today. It was only a pound a bag.

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

This week's chicken casserole yielded enough for 6 meals plus quite a lot of 'gravy' which I turned into soup with leftover cooked veg and a spoonful of Bovril. We'll probably have enough for 4 bowls of soup there. While I was in the kitchen I made some scones and a couple of Granny loaves (the recipes are in the Be-ro cookbook). One of the loaves I'll put in the freezer for another day. The Granny loaf used up the extra milk I had in the fridge. When I look in my old Be-ro recipe book it's surprising how many different recipes there are using flour, fat, eggs, milk and sugar. I also made another 2 loaves today to keep us going for a few days. I leave out the butter now and the bread is just as good.

Sunday, 10 May 2015

Ah yes, I'd just had lunch and had a little sit so now for the leisure and social part of the day.

I can add now

Exercising and Socialising to my list

Because that afternoon I walked to my friends and helped her to sort out a few things. This involved tidying and decluttering, hanging clothes and cleaning. All this entailed much chat and merriment and no stairs! I took her some bluebells from the garden to cheer her up.

A walk back home and a little sit again to read some mags then on to prep for tea which was veggie curry and boiled rice followed by a creme egg (whoops! They did need eating up.)

One last walk in the garden before a bath and study session (which may have been interspersed with more crocheting).

Saturday, 9 May 2015

Take supper plates and glasses into the kitchen, fold blankets and straighten cushions. Anything for upstairs is put at the bottom of the stairs to take up.

Eating

The cat is fed and watered. Our breakfast is next which is usually toast. Only one slice for me with Marmite (love it or hate it). Breakfast tray taken -

Upstairs

Breakfast in bed of course with a cup of tea.

Getting up is a leisurely process which, as well as ablutions, involves cleaning sinks and/or toilets and checking E-Mails etc.

Downstairs

Put breakfast things away and tidy the kitchen of debris, crumbs and last night's supper plates. Time now to take the cat a walk in the garden where I sweep the path and hoe the weeds which seem to spring up overnight and shoot up very, very quickly after a downpour. The cat tray needs emptying.

Inside to put the kettle on for a coffee (him) and hot water with lemon (me). The coffee is taken -

Upstairs

… to the office after which I go

Downstairs

… to straighten the cat covers in the back room, sweep the garden room and shake the blanket which is on the sofa. Straighten up the mags and put the newspapers for recycling. Hey there, I've found a little bit of wool on the floor which I can use for my Rainbow blanket. Now to sweep and mop the kitchen floor (note to self: don't have a black kitchen floor next time) and hoover downstairs. Ironing beckons which I always try to get out of the way after a wash is dry. Today it was 3 napkins, 2 large T-shirts (his) and 4 tops (mine) 3 of which were bargain pound rail tops from the CS.

Busy tops for busty lady! Let's camouflage!

The dried washing also entailed folding up a million Tea towels. I'll just put all these specs in one place so DH knows where to find them. They always tend to go walking just when he needs them.

Upstairs

… to put away the ironed clothes and tidy the bedroom. Clothes just seem to appear on the floor. Where to put clothes after being worn is always a problem if they are not ready for the wash basket. Should I fold them and put them on the bed, on the floor, hang them over the wardrobe door or what? I tidy a top drawer as I'm putting away and hanging. Considering I don't wear all that many clothes the drawers and wardrobes tend to get into an awful mess. Dust the dressing table, that's a good girl, where does it all come from?

Downstairs

… to put the kettle on for the next brew.

Upstairs

… to deliver the coffee. Straighten DD's old room briefly and dust the surfaces. (Note to self: redo the shelves).

Downstairs

… to sit in the garden room and drink my lemon and decide on what's for lunch.

Lunch is beans on toast (one slice) with Worcester Sauce sprinkled over. Afters is one banana and 2 satsumas. Listen to Moneybox on the radio.

Walk the cat and inspect the garden again.

Upstairs

… to find my crocheting and

Downstairs

… to sit in the garden room with the cat for a little bit of hooky wooky and to log my day here.